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Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre), commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A side Milan and the Brazil national team.

Ronaldinho, Portuguese for “Little Ronaldo”, is known in Brazil by the nickname “Gaúcho”, in order to distinguish him from Ronaldo, who was already called “Ronaldinho” in Brazil. Ronaldo simply went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop the “Gaúcho” and remain simply as Ronaldinho.

Prior to his move to Milan, he played for Paris Saint-Germain, and FC Barcelona, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006. He became a Spanish citizen in January 2007

Ronaldinho was born in city of Porto Alegre, capital of the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil. He grew up in a considerably small town where the locals knew him as El Jefe, Portuguese for The Chief. His mother, Dona Miguelina, is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse. His father, João, was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with Cruzeiro EC).He suffered a fatal heart attack in the family swimming pool when Ronaldinho was eight. After Ronaldinho’s older brother, Roberto, signed with Grêmio, the family moved to a home in the more affluent Guarujá section of Porto Alegre, which was a gift from Grêmio to convince Roberto to stay at the club. Roberto’s career was ultimately cut short by injury.

Ronaldinho’s football skills began to blossom at an early age, and he was first given the nickname Ronaldinho because he was often the youngest and the smallest player in youth club matches.He developed an interest in futsal and beach football, which later expanded to organized football. His first brush with the media came at the age of thirteen, when he scored all 23 goals in a 23-0 victory against a local team.Ronaldinho was identified as a rising star at the 1997 U-17 World Championship in Egypt, in which he scored two goals on penalty kicks.

Today Roberto acts as Ronaldinho’s manager, while his sister, Deisi, works as his press coordinator.Ronaldinho became a father for the first time on 25 February 2005, after Brazilian dancer Janaína Mendes gave birth to their son, who was named João after Ronaldinho’s late father

Karim Benzema (born 19 December 1987 in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes) is a French footballer who plays as a striker for Olympique Lyonnais and the France national team.

Of Algerian-Berber descent, Benzema is a product of the Olympique Lyonnais Academy, he is very capable of playing as a striker in Lyon’s preferred 4-3-3 formation, but he can also play on both wings. In the 2006–07 season, after forming special relationship with new manager Alain Perrin, he was given the first team role in which he responded with 24 goals in 37 games. On 13 March 2008, Benzema extended his contract with Lyon until 2013 with a one year extension option.After signing his new contract, Benzema became one of the highest paid footballers in France.He was recently voted the best player in France, while ex-Lyon colleague Hatem Ben Arfa was voted the best young player

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,(born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for English Premier League club Manchester United and the Portuguese national team.

Ronaldo began his career as a youth player at Nacional and his successes with the team led to a move to Sporting CP two seasons afterwards. Ronaldo’s precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup, and reached the UEFA Euro 2004 final with Portugal, in which he scored his first international goal.

In 2008, Ronaldo won his first UEFA Champions League title, and was named the final’s man of the match. He was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United’s first Ballon d’Or winner in 40 years.

Three-time Ballon d’Or winner Johan Cruijff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, “Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.”

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira, the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. His second given name, “Ronaldo,” was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor.He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia

Early career
Ronaldo’s favourite boyhood team was Benfica. At the age of eight, he played for amateur team Andorinha, where his father was the kit man. In 1995, Ronaldo signed with local club Nacional, and after a title-winning campaign, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who subsequently signed him for an undisclosed sum

Kaká

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, born April 22, 1982 in Brasília), better known as Kaká or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as forward and midfielder for Italian Serie A club Milan and the Brazilian national team. He was the recipient of both the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2007, and was named in the 2008 Time 100. As of February 2009, Kaká along with Internazionale’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic are the highest salaried football players in the world.

Kaká was born to Simone Cristina Santos Leite and Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite (a civil engineer). Although most brazilian footballers come from poor families, there are exceptions and Kaka is one of them as he was born in a relatively rich family that encouraged him to focus on both school and football at the same time. His younger brother, Roberto (known as Digão), is also a professional footballer.

When he was seven, his family moved to São Paulo.His school had arranged him in a local youth club called “Alphaville,” who qualified to the final in a local tournament. There he was discovered by Brazilian giants São Paulo, who offered an assignment.

At the age of fifteen, Kaká suffered a career-threatening and possibly paralysis-inducing spinal fracture as a result of a swimming pool accident , but remarkably made a full recovery. He attributes his recovery to God and has since tithed his income to his church.

Personal life and religion
A devout evangelical Christian, Kaká became engrossed in religion at twelve: “I learnt that it is faith that decides whether something will happen or not.” He removed his jersey to reveal an “I Belong to Jesus” T-shirt and openly engaged in prayer moments after the final whistle of Brazil’s 2002 World Cup, and Milan’s 2004 Scudetto and 2007 Champions League triumphs. He also had the same phrase, along with “God Is Faithful,” stitched onto the tongues of his boots. During the postmatch celebration following Brazil’s 4–1 win over Argentina in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup final, he and several of his teammates wore T-shirts that read “Jesus Loves You” in various languages.

Kaká is a member of the organization Atletas de Cristo (”Athletes of Christ”).His goal celebration consists of him pointing to the sky as a gesture of thanks to God. Kaká’s favourite music is gospel, and his favourite book is the Bible.Since November 2004, he has served as an Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations’ World Food Programme, the youngest to do so at the time of his appointment.

Kaká was sworn in as an Italian citizen on 12 February 2007.He features prominently in Adidas advertising and also has a modeling contract with Armani, but the latter prevented him from appearing in a photo collection alongside his Milan teammates that was published by Dolce & Gabbana in early 2007.

He married his childhood sweetheart Caroline Celico on 23 December 2005 at the evangelical Reborn in Christ Church in São Paulo.Their first child, Luca Celico Leite, was born in São Paulo on June 10, 2008

Nickname
His nickname is pronounced as it is spelled, with stress on the second syllable, and is a common term of endearment of “Ricardo” in Brazil. In Kaká’s case, it was born from younger brother Rodrigo calling him “Caca” due to his inability to pronounce “Ricardo” when they were young; it eventually evolved into Kaká.He is occasionally called “Ricky Kaká” by the European media.

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